So many of the things ele3 said in this discussion are things I'm saying to myself now. I'm almost 62 years old, and for the first time in MANY years, I feel as if I'm finally starting to let the inconsequential things of my life slide away. We all deserve to be unshackled from emotional burdens that limit our lives; for some of us, herpes has been the "inconvenient blessing" necessary for that to process to begin.